Fires

CALIFORNIA — Over 8,800 firefighters are currently battling 8 large wildfires across California, according to Cal Fire. While yesterday’s high temperatures allowed several of the fires to grow in size, firefighters were able to contain three of the active wildfires that burned this weekend. Two Strike Teams of engines (5 per team) and one team of dozers (2 per team) ...

COARSEGOLD — A house that was spared from the flames yesterday afternoon burned to the ground in the early morning hours. A home on the northwest corner of Highway 41 and Black Oak Road was saved by firefighters yesterday when a fire that destroyed two outbuildings was stopped before it could damage the home. But this morning just after 3:30 ...

COARSEGOLD — Just after 4:30 p.m. today, two Madera County Sheriff’s deputies were headed up the hill from Madera when a motorcyclist began waving at them and pointing to a house at the corner of Highway 41 and Black Oak Road. As they pulled into the driveway, they saw smoke rising from behind the residence. They immediately contacted the three occupants ...

COARSEGOLD — Firefighters are on scene of a vegetation fire reported along Highway 41 near Black Oak Road just north of Road 417. Just after 4:30 p.m., crews were called out to reports of a fire burning in vegetation. The first engine on scene reported the fire at less than one acre with one structure partially involved and several outbuildings threatened. ...

MONTEREY COUNTY — Cal Fire has released a preliminary report about the bulldozer accident that claimed the life of a Friant man during the Soberanes Fire. Yosemite High graduate Robert Reagan, 35, died nearly instantly after the dozer he was operating rolled over, pinning him under the sweeps of the dozer. Sweeps are the protection bars mounted for the rollover ...

OAKHURST — Crews are on scene of a vegetation fire burning on Hartwell Road behind Alice’s Cookhouse just off Highway 41 in Oakhurst. The fire was called in about 12:35 p.m., and first engine at scene reported it at about one-quarter acre burning in grass. Engines from Cal Fire, Madera County Fire and Sierra National Forest were dispatched to the ...

NORTH FORK — Firefighters made quick work of a vegetation fire this afternoon on Kowana Lane just off Road 221 in North Fork. At approximately 3:30 p.m. this afternoon crews were called out to an address at the end of the road where a fire was burning in a pasture next to the house. There was one travel trailer inside ...

AHWAHNEE — Firefighters are making good progress on the Grub Fire, which is burning along Road 600 south of Ahwahnee. As crews continue to strengthen firelines and do mop-up, Cal Fire is now reporting the fire at 85 acres and 75 percent contained. Resources were dispatched just before 10 a.m. this morning to reports of a smoke on the east ...

AHWAHNEE — Firefighters continue to strengthen lines and work on hot spots on the Grub Fire, burning along Road 600 south of Ahwahnee. The forward progress of the fire was stopped yesterday evening, and it is now 50 percent contained at an estimated 85 acres. The Grub Fire was reported on Thursday, Aug 4, just after 2 p.m., and spread ...

NORTH FORK — Crews are at scene of a residential structure fire in North Fork. The first firefighters to arrive reported that one home was fully involved and approximately one-tenth of an acre of vegetation was burning. Sierra National Forest personnel were the first ones on scene and started digging a fireline with hand tools around the structure. The fire was first ...